Nonskid device for horseshoes



E. C. W. MEYER. NONSKID DEVICE FOR HOR SESHOES. APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1919. RENEWED NOV. I9, 192i. 1,420,331. PatentedJu'ne 20,1922;

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E E. c. w. MEYER. NONSKID DEVICE FOR HORSESHOES. APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 19%9- RENEWED NOV-1.9 I921.

1,420,331. Patented June 20,1922.

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Noivsmn nEvIen Fen HORSESHOZES.

Application; filed April 25,1919, Serial No. 292,544.

To all whom it may concern. 7

Be it known that I, EMiL C. W. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland .in the. county of Cuyah'oga and State Of'll'iO, have invented a certain new and useful" Improvement in N'onskid 7 Del vices for Horseshoes, of'which' the following is .a' full, clear andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatesto anattachment tor h'orsesh'oes for preventing horseslfrom slipping on ice or on slippery roads and pavements andit has to do also with an improved call: that is adapted for use with horseshoes generally although it is p ecul i'arly suitable .for usev wit1i the.,p- I'esent1a t tachment.

I'am, aware of the fiCtthatSeveral-d vices known as ,overshoes ,forhorses?" have been brought out with the'jsame general objects in view as those attained, through my attachment, but .among, those withwhich Ilam familiar therejis none thatisfsatisfactory, principally because, it shi'fts with respectto the hoof or shoe especially when subjected to strain, andusually it;is ,more or less di'fiicult of attachment, is .cumb'en some, inefii'cien-t, and, comparatively shortli'v'ed. v j

The objects of my invention are. to providevan attachment that may bequickly and conveniently applied to. a hors'e?s hoof and asreadily removed therefrom; tha'tjinr terlocks with the shoe in such a way asfto be firmly heldagainst displacementin any direction; that is comfortable and ;ea'sy on the horseshoofythati involves trappings for attaching it to. the. hoof, which trap; pings fit the hoof snugly and neatly and are therefore notlikelyto catch on adjacent objects, at the same time renderingthe. device. attractive 'in appearance; the provision of'a device of the aforesaid character that is durable, and that may be easily. adjusted tov accurately fit various sizes of boots within a reasonable range.

Anotherobj ect, of the invention is to provide angalways-sharp.calk, so designed as Specificatiemof Letters Patent...

' Patented {71111620, 1922.

Renewed November 19;..192 1. Serial No. 516,511.; v

Thejfor'e'going objects and others which will bfeco'm e apparent. as this description proceeds a'reattai'nedin the embodiments o'f 1r' r y; lIIYBHtiOIL-illllStIfltGCl in the accompanvlngt rawings which .form a part hereor, andfwherein- "Figure 1 is'a perspective view of ,a jh'orsefs lie-of. having I my. non-skid attachment applied. thereto; "Fig. 2 .is a similar view. of, the, attachment removed from the hoof; Fig. '3. is;a .bottom plan view oithe hoof withthe attachment applied; h laFig 't is a section ion the, line offFi'g. 3.; Figs 5, 6, and'iare views similar. to. F igs. 1,, 2 and 3., respectively, of anotherform o'fjthe-invention; and'Fig. 8jis a, section onthe-line ;8:,-8. of Fig. 7.

Thejform showninFigs: 1 to4 is de signedlfor use especially. on imounts or. sadcl'leliorses, as, for instance; on horses of mounted. policemen, military ofiicers, etc. andithelfoi'm illustrated in the succeeding figures is; for, use particularly on draft horses Tshallifprocee'dtomdescribe the two forms ofth'e-inventi0n, inthe. order named. The hOOffl, in Figs. 1,,3 and 4, is fitted with antormwof, shoe that isused extensively for, the horses. of mounted policemen, the sameinvolving a rubber. padQ that covers the. bottom of (the hoof and extends entirely to the rear thereof, and a metal protector 8 which extends about the forward edge portion of. the. :pad and has a, toe-piece, 4 that extends up over. the. front of I the hoof. The-pad 2. correspjondsin shape quite closely to that of the bottom-ofahoofand includes what may, be. regarded as an artificial frog 2?. The; composite. shoe constituting the rubber and metal partsjust described. is attached to the hoof; in,.-the, customary :man-

ner.

The form; of my attachment illustrated in Figs.- 1,to .4c.,oonsists o,f a,member 10 that, is generally. 'U,;shape.d. and 5 closed at what may beregardedtheptop .ofthe. U. as f be held against shifting in any direction in the plane of itself, and the front end portion will be further prevented from withdrawal in a direction at right angles to the plane of the shoe by the nib 11. The member 10 is held firmly against the bottom of the shoe by trappings which I shall later describe.

. 'Calks 12, 13, 14, and 15 project from the bottom of the member 10. These calks may be attached to the member in any suitable manner, or they may be formed integral therewith. The calk 15, it'will be observed from Figs. 2 and 1, extends upwardly above the plane oft-he member 10 in such a position as to engage within the depression of the artificial frog 2 ofjthe pad 2 so as to contribute to the holding of'the attachment against lateral displacement.

Attention is directed particularly to the form of calks employed with my attachment, as I regard'this an important feat ure of my invention. It will be observed that the front'and rear inclined surfaces of calk 12 are provided withseries of niches or depressions which reduce the horizontal cross-sectional area of the calk between the opposed niches to a very slight dimension so that regardless of how far down the calk wears, it possesses a comparatively sharp or narrow biting edge or lip so long as it is not worn down beyond the extent of the niches. The calks 13, 14 and 15 possess the same feature, although of a slightly different style. These calks have niches 13 1 1 and 15*, while their opposite wall is extended outwardly as indicated at'13 etc., to provide the necessary quantity of metal.

20 and 21 are anchorage lugs that are so positioned as to snugly embrace the front and rear portions respectively of the shoe or horses hoof. They are shown as formed integral with member 10.

The trappings hereinbefore referred to for holding the attachment to the hoof comprises a girdle 25 that is made up of the skeleton plates 26 and 27 that are connected at their rear ends by a strip 28 of flexible material such as leather. The girdle is made to snugly fit the upper portion of the hoof, and the strip 28, being made of compara- 7 tively soft pliable material, does not injure or irritate the soft part of the foot. I prefer to connect the forward ends of the skeleton plates 26 and 27 by means of a strap and buckle, although I do not restrict myself to this method of attachment. The strap 30 is adapted to be interlaced through the slots 31 so that the buckle will overlie the end of the skeleton plate 27 in a position to receive the free end of the strap after the same has been passed from the rear side of plate 27 to the rear of the front portion of plate 26 and engagedabou't the bar 82 thereof and folded back for insertion through the buckle. The rear ends of the plates 26 and 27 have con- Lnection through links 83 with the perforated ends of the anchorage lugs 21; and the forward ends of the plates are similarly'fconnected to the anchorage lugs 20 by means of the links 34. i The style of attachment illustrated in Figs. 5 to 8 is quite similar to that previously described, the essential differences being that the entire structure is made somewhat heavier to withstand the harder service incident to the work of draft horses. The flange which is designed to fit within the shoe is extended farther to the rear so as to provide a firmer hold; and the rear central call: 15, with its extension for engagement with the frog of the hoof, is dispensed with, hence the rearward continuation of the aforesaid flange to compensate for its absence.

' Because of the similarity between the two forms of the invention,I have applied the same reference characters to the corresponding parts of both, and in order to avoid confusion in the reading of the specification I have added the exponent 0 to the reference characters of the later form.

r The shoe of the draft horse diflers from thatof the mount in that it is equipped with a toe calk 35, and one heel calk 36, in accordance with the usual practice, the shoe itself being designated 3. The attachment is designed to fit'accurately between the toe calk and heel calk, with the upturned ends of the anchorage lugs 20 and 21 firmly embracing the sides of the shoe 3.

It will be seen that, with an attachment designed in accordance with my invention to so accurately fit a shoe as to withstand considerable lateral strains without displacement and be held against withdrawal by the girdle and connections which I have herein disclosed, there Will be no danger of the attachment becoming loose in service although the same may be very quicklyand conveniently removed from the hoof when desired and applied thereto in an equally facile manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: V

An attachment for shoes comprising a continuous member for engagement with the wearing surface of the shoe, an upstanding fiange formed along the inner edge of said member, a nib projecting forwardly from said flange and adapted to engage the shoe, said girdle comprising side plates flexibly calks formed on the under surface of said connected at the front and rear, and link 10 continuous member, one of said calks being connections between said girdle and said located on the transverse rear portion of said continuous member.

continuous member, said last-mentioned calk In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my being projected above the plane of said consignature.

tinuous member and adapted to engage the shoe, a girdle adapted to surround the hoof, EMIL C. W. MEYER. 

